On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 3:02 AM Barry Leiba <barryle...@computer.org> wrote:

> > If we use SHOULD NOT, as you suggest, there's an implication that there
> might be a valid reason for
> > non-transactional mail to use "p=reject".  Are we okay with that?
>
> When do folks get to line up so they can plead the case for their reason?
>
> I, for one, am not.  We often use "SHOULD NOT" incorrectly to mean
> "MUST NOT, but we know it will be widely violated so we're saying
> SHOULD NOT".  We need to stop doing that.
>

A "standard" which is widely violated is not a standard. To publish a
standard one knows is and will be widely violated is a bit of a fool's
errand, n'est-ce pas? We need to stop doing that.

Michael Hammer
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